Table of contents
Overview
NIOS II Design with SDRAM Controller and 5 different LED sequences, that can be toggled using the user button.
Refer to http://trenz.org/max1000-info for the current online version of this manual and other available documentation.
Key Features
- Quartus 18.1
- NIOS II
- SPI
- UART
- User Flash memory
- SDRAM memory
- 3-axis Accelerometer
- User LEDs
- User buttons
Revision History
Date | Quartus | Project Built | Authors | Description |
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2019-04-02 | 18.1 | TEI0001-03-08-C8-test_board-quartus_18.1-20190402.zip TEI0001-03-16-C8A-test_board-quartus_18.1-.....zip | Thomas Dück |
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Release Notes and Know Issues
Issues | Description | Workaround | To be fixed version |
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No known issues | --- | --- | --- |
Requirements
Software
Software | Version | Note |
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Quartus | 18.1 | needed |
Hardware
Design supports following modules:
Module Model | PCB Revision Support | SDRAM | QSPI Flash | Others | Notes |
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TEI0001-03-08-C8 | REV02, REV03 | 8 MByte | 64 MBit | 3-axis Accelerometer | NA |
TEI0001-03-16-C8A | REV03 | 32 MByte | 64 MBit | 3-axis Accelerometer | NA |
Design supports following carriers:
Carrier Model | Notes |
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--- |
Additional HW Requirements:
Additional Hardware | Notes |
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USB Cable for JTAG/UART | Check Carrier Board and Programmer for correct type |
Download
Reference Design is only usable with the specified Quartus version. Do never use different Versions of Quartus Software for the same Project.
Reference Design is available on:
Design Flow
- Open file "test_board.quar"
- Select Tools → Platform Designer from Quartus menu
- Open file "NIOS_test_board.qsys" in Platform Designer
- Open the component "onchip_ram" (double-click)
- Enable "Initialize memory content" and "Enable non-default initialization file" at Memory initialization, if disabled
- Specify Path for User created initialization file. You can find the file at \software\test_board\mem_init\NIOS_test_board_onchip_ram.hex
- Select Generate → Generate HDL... from the Platform Designer menu
The Generation window will appear
Select "VHDL" as the synthesis language and "None" from the simulation model dropdown menu
Select “Create block symbol file(.bsf)”, if not selected
- Click Generate and close Platform Designer
- Select Processing → Start Compilation from the Quartus menu to compile the Design
Launch
Programming
JTAG
- Connect the Module to USB-Port
- Open the Quartus Prime Programmer from Tools → Programmer
- If the Arrow-USB-Blaster is not visible:
- Click "Hardware Setup..."
- Choose at the drop-down menu "Currently selected hardware" Arrow-USB-Blaster[USB0]
- Close "Hardware Setup"
- If the correct configuration file is not set:
- Delete other files
- Click "Add file..."
- select the correct *.sof file (Path: <project_directory>\output_files\test_board.sof)
- Click start
MAX10 Flash
- Do step 1 to step 3 from section Programming → JTAG, if not done yet
- If the correct configuration file is not set:
- Delete other files
- Click "Add file..."
- Select the correct *.pof file (Path: <project_directory>\output_files\test_board.pof)
- Click start
Usage
- Prepare Hardware like described on section Programming
- Connect UART USB (most cases same as JTAG)
UART
- Open Serial Console "PuTTY"
- Change settings in category "Session"
- Connection Type: Serial
- COM Port: see device manager (Win OS)
- Speed: 115200
- Select "Implicit CR in every LF" in category "Terminal"
- Click Open
- Press reset button at module
- SDRAM test is running
- Flash test is running
- After the tests finished, you can toggle between following LED sequences by pressing user button
- Spirit level
- Case statement sequence
- Shift register sequence
- Knightrider sequence
- Pulse-width modulation sequence
Appx. A: Change History and Legal Notices
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